THE COMPANY: With over 100 years of experience in the industrial industry, our client, a global market leader, are looking to expand their team in Ireland. They manufacture a large portfolio of products and sell to process end-users within Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverage industry and many more. They also work hard to attract great talent to their organisation and offer a comprehensive training program and ongoing support and development.

THE ROLE: As an Area Sales Manager, you will work with some of the best-known food & beverage, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers across Ireland. You will be selling their full product portfolio, including industrial capital equipment and consumables into the process end-users and OEMs. You will mainly be dealing with Engineering Managers, Quality Managers and Health & Safety Managers, advising them on the best products and solutions for them. You will inherit an existing base of accounts whilst also driving new business opportunities throughout Ireland. You will also be responsible for managing the company's existing distribution relationships in Ireland.

THE PERSON: To be considered for this role you will be a well-trained and structured salesperson. You will be capable of demonstrating a strong business acumen with the ability to work autonomously. You will be capable of evaluating the market and develop the right business strategy for 2019. This is a role where you will be given full support and backup from the UK to run the Irish operation as you see fit. With this in mind, we are looking for someone that will have the ability to progress to a country manager role within time.

If you have sold an industrial/technical capital equipment or consumables into the process end-user industry such as Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, OEMs, Food & Beverage, IT, Panel Builders etc this could be highly advantageous. Comprehensive product training will be provided.